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Empathy and Advice Welcomed I don't think I'm able to work.

AnHeroTransGirl

Well-Known Member
#1
Every job I've had ended up bad in the end. Ended up with me spending way too long searching, only to get a job that I liked at first but reached a point where I grew to hate it, the people around me grew to hate me, and I quit, though today I was fired. I had an argument with a manager over an order that she kept cutting me off over, which she eventually told me to go home, a customer weighed in and told me off, and then I was fired for "walking out" over the work chat app we used. Considering how I struggle at every job I get to the point where it has become a cycle, I've decided I'm not gonna get a job anymore. Clearly my autism makes my social skills nonexistent and makes it impossible for me to balance being not a dick and giving service. As I said previously I'm incapable of being independent and I've realized that too late. Now I don't have a way to make money, nor the ability to do so. I don't intend on getting a job, it's too late to sign up for services to help me financially, and I don't even know what to even do. I don't even know if I want advice or if I'm gonna get it. I just want to live normally again but not suffer anymore.
 

BarryW

SF Supporter
#2
Jobs: can't win with 'em, can't win without 'em.

I gather that most people hate their jobs. I keep telling myself that it's possible to find and keep a job that I don't hate. But I believe it less and less as I get older and my resume gets longer. I can't decide if I was sold a pack of lies, or it's something wrong with me that I can't be happy with work.

Stay strong and remember your real value is not determined by your manager or your customers/clients.
 

AnHeroTransGirl

Well-Known Member
#3
Jobs: can't win with 'em, can't win without 'em.

I gather that most people hate their jobs. I keep telling myself that it's possible to find and keep a job that I don't hate. But I believe it less and less as I get older and my resume gets longer. I can't decide if I was sold a pack of lies, or it's something wrong with me that I can't be happy with work.

Stay strong and remember your real value is not determined by your manager or your customers/clients.
Good because I'm not working there anymore and I don't intend to work anymore. I'm looking into some alternate options that I might have.
 

AnHeroTransGirl

Well-Known Member
#4
Got a letter from the professional office my parents forced me to go to about potential services. They rejected it because they say I have certain mental/reasoning skills of an 8-11 year old and therefore my autism is not considered "high functioning". I had a feeling I was unable to "adult" because how a lot of my anger comes from jobs and other adult tasks. My parents just encouraged me to "do better" and prove the document "wrong" instead of just accepting that even a fucking professional agrees I'm not mentally mature to handle life. On one hand, my mother is too fucking stupid to realize I can't adult, and even a mental health professional agrees with that, but on the other hand, I guess it's a benefit that she stays stupid so that way she doesn't try to claim ownership of me via some guardianship thing? Either way, my suspicions were confirmed, I can't adult and I can't mentally handle work.
 

Survivorist

Black sheep of my family....
#5
Get all help from the state you can - whatever parents say. Then you are good.

I really feel with you and only wish you to relax and get something worth for you (in the good sense of course).
 

Inastorm

SF Supporter
#7
Right I understand your previous comment now @AnHeroTransGirl. If your wanting some advice, the first thing Id say is try not get caught up in labels, such as the 'mental/reasoning skills of an 8-11 year old '. It must be horrible for someone to say that to you, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a suitable job out there for you. According to some professionals, I have the reading ability of a 9 year old, it sounds bad when someone says it like that, but I know some clever 9 year olds who read the hobbit and lord of the rings, and I haven't really read many books in my life and im almost 50 years old.

Secondly there must be some organisations out there that might be able to help you. In the UK, where I live, there is quite a few organisations that help people with different difficulties navigate the job market. Don't give up, you sound very smart, there is a good out there for you.
 

AnHeroTransGirl

Well-Known Member
#8
Right I understand your previous comment now @AnHeroTransGirl. If your wanting some advice, the first thing Id say is try not get caught up in labels, such as the 'mental/reasoning skills of an 8-11 year old '. It must be horrible for someone to say that to you, but that doesn't mean that there isn't a suitable job out there for you.
I stopped reading at this point.
Never again.
I never want to work again. Also I don't have the means to get to those organizations.
 

SushiGirl

SF Friend & Antiquitie's Friend
Staff Alumni
SF Supporter
#9
Hey anhero. One program you may want to look into is one run by goodwill.goodwill has a program where they do testing for people with disabilities and place them in a position within there organization that best fits there ability level.
 

AnHeroTransGirl

Well-Known Member
#10
Hey anhero. One program you may want to look into is one run by goodwill.goodwill has a program where they do testing for people with disabilities and place them in a position within there organization that best fits there ability level.
I really hate replying with "no" because I don't wanna risk another thread getting locked but again, never working again.
 

AnHeroTransGirl

Well-Known Member
#11
Bumping this again, I got a job but I've already had experiences that have made me hate it. After my first check I want to quit. I want to have money, but I'm not gonna work.
 

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